Mohandas Gandhi
had many accomplishments throughout his 78 years of life. He even made
some of his first accomplishments throughout his childhood. For example,
Gandhi was about seven years old when he was offered meat by his older
brothers. His accomplishment was that he made the right decision and did
not break his Hindu beliefs by eating meat. Another of his
accomplishments was in 1888, Gandhi left his country and family for the
first time to study law in London. He later returned to India in 1891 after
living in London for four years. Right after he came from London Mohandas
Gandhi went to work in South Africa. He soon became more assertive and
began educating Indians in South Africa on their rights. In 1894 he opposed
a bill that deprive Indians of their right to vote and became a political
activist. Mohandas Gandhi's
most important accomplishment was that he fought most of his life defending
his country and his people's rights. It all started when he was aboard
in a first classtrain and was thrown out because he refused to go to a
third class train due to his skin color. So in 1894 he organized Natal
(South Africa) Indian Congress. In 1899 he raised Indian Ambulance Corps
for British in Boer War, and was Awarded a War Medal. In 1906 Gandhi spoke
at a meeting in the Empire Johannesburg lauching a campaign of nonviolent
resistance to protest discrimination against Indians. He held this campain
after British Government had just invalidated the Indian mariage. He later began
a Satyagraha campaign in South Africa which he used twice within a couple
of years to defend his people's rights. Gandhi also accomplished march
from Sabarmati to Dandi's sea to collect salt in protest of the British
salt tax. In 1947 India finally won its independence from British rule.
In that same year Gandhi fasted successfully, to end violence between Indians
and muslims in Calcutta after India achieved its Independence. Finally
Mohandas Gandhi changed his country's life completely and the life of lots
of people generations from him as well.